Once there were two little creatures, a cat and a rat, who lived together in a small house. One day while the rat was out looking for food, the cat met with some hungry men. "I'll show you to my house," he said. "That cat has some lovely cheese in his pantry." Before the rat came home, the men had eaten all of the cheese in the pantry and curled up to take a nap. When the rat opened his door and saw what had happened, he started to shake with rage. But before he could do anything, he heard his friend's voice asking him to come in for supper. "Five minutes," he said. "I won't keep you up late." He went straight away to get something for supper, but when they sat down at the table together it turned out that he had no food at all - not one single crumb! The cat looked at the rat and ignored him and started helping humans. Looking at this rat feel sad as they used to be together and help to get food and enjoy being with e...
Ever since my birth, I’ve been listening to and reading Mahatma Gandhi, the ‘Father of the Nation’ but noting his importance in my life is something new for me. Starting from the incident of being thrown out of the Train in Durban, South Africa, which later led to the Passive Resistance Struggle. This was the first scene where I came to know about him and it caught my eyes ever since then. Being an outsider, he understood the problems faced by his fellow countrymen and used all of his wits to benefit the needy, which of course, was in the most peaceful way. A man with so much patience and tolerance deserves the greatest appreciation. An inspirational story of his influence that I recall was his eternal love and care for the environment. A teacher from California, USA chained herself to preserve a 400 years old Oak tree that was about to be removed by the developers, but upon the resistance from the lady, hundreds of people stormed and successfu...